Display stand



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Patented July 16, 1935 i UNITED STATES A OFFICE I:

2,008,180 D ISPLAY STAND Orin E. Karnes, Caldwell, Tex.

Application May 31, 1932, Serial No. 614,377

3 Claims.

This invention relates to display stands.

It has for its general objectthe provision of a new and improved displaystand particularly adapted for use in grocery stores to attractivelydisplay and to render easily accessible to the customer the merchandiseto be sold.

A specific object of the invention is to provide a display standembodying new and improved adjustable shelves to display goods incontainers of different dimensions.

Another specific object is the provision of a display stand embodyingnew and improved shelves and brackets therefor including separableelements which may be cheaply manufactured and quickly and easilyassembled and taken apart by an unskilled workman without special tools.

Other objects will hereinafter appear. I

The preferred embodiments of the invention are illustrated by theaccompanying drawings wherein Fig. 1 is a sectional elevation of acomplete display stand; Fig. 2, a detail end view of one embodiment ofthe bracket on the post; Fig. 3, a horizontal section on the line 3--3of Fig. 2 Fig. 4, a detail fragmentary view showing-the shelf and tonguethereon; Fig. 5, a detail view illustrating the connection of themeeting ends of the two shelf sections in the embodiments shown by Figs.2 and 3; Fig. 6, a detail view of the upper post section; Fig. 7, adetail view of the lower post section; Fig. 8, a view of anotherembodiment of the bracket mounted on the united post sections; Fig. 9, ahorizontal section on the line 9--9 'of Fig. 8; and Figs. 10 and 11,fragmentary side and top views of the shelf bracket shown by Figs. 8 and9.

In Fig. l, the post is indicated generally at I. It is made oftelescopic sections and may have mounted thereon at desired elevationsbrackets 2, 3, 4, 5, and 8 to support shelves 1, 8, 9, ll], ll, and I2.

Referring now to the embodiment shown by Figs. 2, 3, 4, and 5, the postsections are indicated at la. and lb. As shown by Fig. 3, the postsection la comprises members l3 and I4 that are substantially U-shapedin cross section and spaced with respect to each other. Extendingthrough and projecting from opposite sides of the members l3 and I4 ofthe post section la'is a pin l5.

The post section lb has a pair of spaced legs l6' and l! slidable in themembers l3 and I4 and grooved as indicated at H! and I9 for thereception of the pin l5.

Slidable vertically on the post sections la and lb is a bracket 2 havinglugs 20 and 2| extending into said sections. The bracket 2 extends fromopposite sides of the post and has therein. upwardly and outwardlyopening sockets 22 for the reception of the tongues 23 and 24 of theshelves 25 and 8 (Figs. 4 and 5). The tongues 23 and 24 are fixed on themeeting ends of the shelf sections ES-and 8, and so when the tongues arein the socket 22 of the bracket, the shelf sections are connectedtog-ether. The tongues 23 and 24 (as indicated in 4) extend downwardlyand inwardly to snugly fit in the socket 22, and may be held therein bya pin (not shown) passed through the openings 26 in the bracket 2 (Figs.2 and 3) and openings in the tongues 23 and 24 such as that indicated at2! in Fig. 4.

The bracket 2 has a pair of upright bars 28 and 29 to rest against thepost.

Referring now to Figs. 6 to 11 inclusive, the lower post section isindicated at lo and the upper post section at id. The members Hat and Maof the lower section l c are spaced by sleeves 39 held by bolts 3!. Themembers Hi and Mid of the upper section id are spaced by sleeves 32 onbolts 33. The upper section has a pair of spaced legs llia and Ila. thatare grooved as indicated at l8a and lSa for the reception of the pin Ed.

The bracket has an upwardly and outwardly opening socket 35 for thereception of the tongue of the shelf l l, and the bracket 6 has anupwardly and outwardly opening socket 35 for the reception of the tongueof the shelf l2.

The bracket 5 has an upright bar 3?. to rest against the post and a hook38 extending into the sections is and id of the post to engage the pin34. I i

The bracket 5 has an upright bar 39 and a hook 15] extending into thesections Is and Id of the post to engage the pin 34. As shownparticularly by Figs. 9 and 11, the hook 48 of the bracket 6 and thehook 38 of the bracket 5 are reduced to be disposed side by side in thepost.

In the embodiment just described, the hooks of the brackets are in theinterior of the post. This provides a very strong construction in whichthe parts are rigidly held together, the hook and pin are inaccessibleso that they cannot be inadvertently disengaged, and the parts occupybut a small space.

It will be apparent from the foregoing that the parts may be quickly andeasily adjusted so that the shelves will occupy. various positions withrespect to each other to support groceries in containers of differentsizes, that one shelf or more may be removed or placed in a differentposition without disturbing the remainder of the shelves; that the standembodies but few parts and the assembly thereof can be effected withoutthe use of tools and by unskilled persons.

I claim:

7 1. A display sand having a first hollow post section, a pin in saidpost section, a second hollow post section slidable in said first postsection and having grooves for the reception of said pin,

and a shelf bracket having an upright bar to rest against one of saidpost sections and a transverse bar having a hook to enter said postsections and engage said pin.

2. A display stand having a first hollow post section, a pin in saidpost section, a second hol low post section slidable in said first postsection and having grooves for the reception of said pin, and a pair-ofshelf brackets on opposite sides V of said post, each of said bracketshaving an upright bar to rest against one of said post sections and atransverse bar having a hook to enter said post sections and engage saidpin.

3. A display stand having a first hollow post section comprising a pairof spaced members substantially U-shaped in cross section, a pin in saidpost section, a second post section having a pair of spaced legsslidable in the members of said first post section and grooved for thereception of said pin, and a shelf bracket having an upright bar to restagainst one of saidpost sections and a transverse bar having a hook toenter said post sections and engage said pin.

ORIN E. KARNES.

